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#15: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 16 "The Galileo Seven"
Written by Oliver Crawford & S. Bar-David, directed by Robert Gist.
Stardates 2821.5 through 2823.8 (August 2267)
"Mr. Spock, that was a good gamble." - Lieutenant Montgomery Scott
In an effort to catalog a quasar while delivering critical medical supplies to New Paris, the shuttlecraft Galileo crashes on an unexplored world. Commander Spock, one of the shuttle's occupants, takes command for the first time and attempts to balance his rational, logical understanding with the frayed emotions of the other stranded crewmembers who must now follow his orders. Meanwhile, Captain Kirk fights a ticking clock to locate and rescue the lost shuttle occupants while High Commissioner Ferris (John Crawford) breathes down his neck to reach the life or death rendezvous on time.
Originally released: 5 January 1967
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What did you think?
This episode reaches Ben Stiller levels of uncomfortable at times with regards to Spock being called out for his strict use of logic. And then there's the giant Neanderthal-like aliens.
If it helps, Boma was court-martialed and expelled from Starfleet over his behavior towards Spock. Can't get much more consequential than that...